School Visits

AGH School visits are available Monday to Friday with morning and afternoon start times to accommodate your schedule. Multiple Visits and Specialized Programs are available upon request. 

Guided Gallery Tour

Length: 1-hour
Grades: K – 12
Fee: $10 per student

Our Docents encourage students to look closely and ask questions to understand the artist’s creative process and make connections to curricula beyond the arts. Tours are tailored to each group’s level and interests. For Grades 7 and up, add independent viewing time for students after your tour.

Half Day – Tour & Studio

Length: 2-hours, includes 15 minute snack break
Grades: K – 12
Fee: $14 per student

AGH Half Day visits include a gallery tour and studio workshop with an Artist Instructor. During your visit, students will explore the gallery and learn new artistic abilities based on a theme of your choice. While touring the gallery, students will be encouraged to look closely and ask questions. In the studio, students will learn the skills and techniques needed to create their own take home artwork. 

Half-day programs are also available in the evenings for community youth groups. 

Available times: 9:30am, 10:00am, 12:00pm, 12:30pm, 6:00pm

Full Day – Tour & Extended Studio

Length: 4 hours, includes 30 minute lunch break
Grades: 7 – 12
Fee: $20 per student

Full Day visits are available for students Grade 7 and up. Our Full Day program includes a gallery tour and extended studio workshop with an Artist Instructor. While touring the gallery, students will be encouraged to look closely and ask questions. In the studio, students will learn the skills and techniques needed to create their own take home artwork.  

Available time: 10:00am – 2:00pm

TOUR THEMES

LEARNING TO LOOK (ALL-AGES)

Students will explore the AGH Collection to discover different art forms, elements, and principles of design, and the choices artists make in their work.    

Art & Land (All-AGES)

Students will discover how artists interpret the landscape, while exploring questions about sustainability, nature, and technology, and our responsibility to share and care for the land that sustains us.  

IDENtity & Self-expression through Art (Grades 4 – 12)

Students will consider how artists use art to express parts of their own identity, tell personal stories, and reflect on their culture and heritage. 

Materials & Process (Grades 4 – 12)

Students will uncover the materials and processes artists use as means of expression in their artwork. 

STUDIO WORKSHOPS:

AIR-Dry Clay Sculpture (Grade 4 and up)

Students will learn the basic techniques and use tools needed to create a small sculpture using self-hardening clay.   

Collage

Students will explore perspective, shape, colour, texture and a variety of materials as they use paper and simple images to create a work of art.  

Paint – acrylic (grade 4 and up)

Students will draw inspiration from the collection to create their own acrylic painting. 

Paint – Watercolour

Students will draw inspiration from the collection to create their own watercolour painting. 

Printmaking

Using simple collagraph print techniques, students will create their own prints that reflect ideas and techniques learned during their visit.   

SILKscreen (grade 7 and up, full-day only)

Students will create a simple stencil and learn the process of screen printing. Students can bring their own T-shirt or tote bag.  

Life Drawing (Grade 9 and UP, Full-Day ONly)

Students will learn techniques for figure drawing with a live model (fully clothed).